ESPN says Brent Musburger will be the lead play-by-play announcer
for its new SEC Network, with former Florida quarterback Jesse Palmer as
analyst.

Musburger’s move to the SEC Network opens the play-by-play spot
on ESPN’s Saturday prime-time game. ESPN has not announced who will take that
job though there has been speculation Chris Fowler, the host of GameDay whose
contract with ESPN is expiring, will move into that play-by-play role alongside
analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

The SEC Network launches next season. The first football game on
the network will be Texas A&M at South Carolina on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Musburger and Palmer will call that game and a game ever Saturday on the SEC
Network.

Musburger and Fowler will continue to be part of ESPN’s college
football coverage.

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